Your patient is suffering from a systemic bacterial infection. Which of the following would be the best way to adminster an antimicrobial drug for treatment of the infection?ANSWERIntravenouslySubcutaneouslyIntramuscularlyOrally

A patient you are taking care of has developed non-cardiogenic edema from in infection in their leg and is now septic.What is the best most emergent treatment for this patient.Group of answer choicesbronchodialatormorphinediureticantibiotics

Which of these conditions might an antibiotic be effective in treating?Multiple ChoiceCoronary heart diseaseRheumatic heart diseaseAngina pectorisPatent ductus arteriosusSeptal defect

Which of the following antimicrobial drugs would not be appropriate to treat a patient with walking pneumonia?ANSWERLevofloxacinErythromycinVancomycinTetracycline

A patient has a lung infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. What antibiotic should be used against it?

Many times people visit the doctor requesting antibiotics to treat colds and viral infections. How is the doctor justified in offering the patient treatment options that do not include antibiotics for these cases?Group of answer choicesIf a doctor provides an antibiotic to treat colds and viruses, any bacteria in the patient's body will be killed, but a few will survive. Those few survivors may become resistant to antibiotics needed for real bacterial illnesses.Colds and viruses should be first treated with viral therapies and then when the body begins to recover, antibiotics can be used. Otherwise, the use of antibiotics is not effective at all.Antibiotics can weaken the immune system when used for colds and viruses, whereas other medications are not so hard on the immune system during these types of illnesses.Side effects from antibiotics are severe when used for colds and viruses. Any use of antibiotics for colds and viruses will only make the patient more ill and ultimately make the patient's recovery time longer.